On the 19th of March 2011, the moon was the closest to Earth it had been in nearly 20 years.

Because its orbit is egg-shaped, there are times when the moon is at perigee - its shortest distance from Earth in the roughly month-long lunar cycle - or at apogee, its farthest distance from Earth.

Likewise, because the size of the moon's orbit varies slightly, each perigee is not always the same distance away from Earth. The so-called supermoon of March 19 was just 356,577 kilometers away from Earth.

So that night, after many hours spent by the cold beach staring at the enormous moon with friends, GRIST went home and improvised a flowing suite of two Moonsongs, in honour of our giant rocky orbiting tidal friend's remarkable proximity. Enjoy.

GRIST
NO INSTRUMENTS - NO COMPOSITION
MONO IS THE NEW NEKRO

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